Sets the NUMERIC-SEPARATOR and NUMERIC-DECIMAL-POINT
attributes simultaneously.
Return type: LOGICAL
Applies
to:
SESSION system handle
Syntax
SET-NUMERIC-FORMAT ( separator , decimal-point )
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separator
- A CHARACTER expression that represents, in formatted text, a number's
thousands separator.
The thousands separator cannot be represented
by any of the following:
-
decimal-point
- A CHARACTER expression that represents, in formatted text, a number's
decimal point.
The decimal point cannot be represented by any
of the following:
- The characters: B C D R Z z
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 + - < > ( ) * ?
- The space character
- Any multi-byte character
SET-NUMERIC-FORMAT( )
returns TRUE if the operation is successful.
Note: The values set by the SET-NUMERIC-FORMAT( ) method override the values set
by the Thousands Separator (-numsep) and Fractional Separator
(-numdec) startup parameters.